The frequency of poststroke infections and their impact on early stroke outcome

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 424-429

  Popović, Natasa ^a   Stefanović Budimkić, Maja ^a   Mitrović, Nikola ^a   Urošević, Aleksandar ^a   Milošević, Branko ^a,b   Pelemiš, Mijomir ^a,b   Jevtović, Djordje ^a,b   Beslać Bumbaširević, Ljiljana ^a,b   Jovanović, Dejana ^a,b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

death; functional outcome; infection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRONCHITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTSTROKE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TIME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84877046593     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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